Books by Lindsey Davis

'All the problems I know about are family ones.'A frightened child approaches Roman informer Falco pleading for help. Beset by his own family troubles, by his new responsibilities as Procurator of the Sacred Poultry, and by the continuing search for a new partner, Falco turns her away. Immediately he regrets it.

'To find a drowned man head-first down a well was slightly unusual, exciting maybe.'For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.

'There's nothing wrong with Britain ... that is if you leave out the mammoth travelling distance from one's dear Roman heritage!'AD 75. he wants someone to investigate. Falco has a new baby, a new house, and he hates Britain.

she acquires a mystery illness - then a young man is horrendously murdered and she escapes from house arrest. Falco is pitted against his old rival, the Chief Spy Anacrites, in a race to find the fugitive before her presence angers the public and makes the government look stupid.

'Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the Society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise.'Inimitable sleuth Falco is back with a vengeance. Soon he is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil production.

'"I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!" Petro muttered.'Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed one of Rome's top criminals. One dark and gloomy dawn, Petro and Falco put the evil Balbinus aboard a ship.

'I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world.'The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East.